chin ups & dips

[Zeigler]

Oh and also, buy some resistance bands and attach them to the chin up bar, loop the bottom around your feet and you can do assisted chins.

like HERE but you can loop it around both legs too.

[stronglikewood]

Lat pull downs and deadlifts for pull ups. Deadlifts make most things feel light in comparison, especially bodyweight exercises. Lat pull downs definately transfer over to pull ups so get stronger on them aswell. I found that when I was lat pulling 100kg, pull ups felt light in comparison. I found somthing similar when I could deadlift 200kg.

Bench press for dips. Get strong enough to bench your bodyweight and dips become possible. My current training partner only started training with me 5-6 months ago and has managed to get his bench to 1x BW. He can knock out 10 full dips at 90kg BW.

[banxy85]

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I dont really like lat pulldowns for improving chins, so I'd vouch for Inverted Rows, often nicknamed 'fat man pull ups'

Start with feet on floor, then onto a step/box once you improve.....you'll be onto chin ups in no time.

Negatives also work well, just make sure they are nice and controlled.

would probaby agree with the fat mans tbh, worth trying both to see which works best for you

and yeah, negatives should be as controlled (i.e. slow) as possible

[Bokers]

It's been said but what worked for me is cable chins until you're pulling your BW.

For dips try starting with as much ROM as your currently able to do and increase each week

Using these as well as lots of bench press / deadlift / compounds has got me doing chins and dips as 20stone.